Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce The Big Apple, a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because Colonel Sanders was chasing him.

Colonel Sanders (1890-1980) was the legendary founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (now KFC). The joke has been cited in print since at least 1968.

Wikipedia: Colonel SandersColonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (now known as KFC) and later acting as the company’s goodwill ambassador and symbol. His name and image are still symbols of the company.

Google BooksMake ‘em Laugh:
Life Studies of Comedy Writers
By William F. Fry and Melanie Allen
Palo Alto, CA: Science and Behavior Books
1975
Pg. 192:
You take a standard bit like this one: “Why does the chicken cross the road?” “To get to the other side.” Now, the switch. “Why does the chicken cross the road?” “To get away from Colonel Sanders.”

Google News Archive
15 May 1981, Spartanburg (SC) Herald, “The Stroller” by Seymour Rosenberg, pg. 1, col. 1:
So a group of Converse College students turned the tables on Dr. Coleman and came up with this corn: “Why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from Col. Sanders.”

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New Answers to an Old Question
Christopher Jon Petit
12/16/92
Answers to “Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?”
(1992 version)
1. To get away from the meltdown.
2. To do the chicken on the other side.
3. So it could make a movie about its journey.
4. To escape from Col. Sanders.